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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

WE print DR.. Balch's article this week
out of respect for his venerable years,
but without particle of sympathy for
the opinions and warnings involved. II is
a brief article, but it embraces in it's con-
densed form, the now celebrated case"
of the venerable writer u.s. the Universal
list Church of the present generation.
DIR. Balch, we may say with all due re-
spect, is haunted by a specter which
will not down, even as the years advance.
1t is the figure, Ito him of malignant
presence), of Organization rising amid
the ruins of early Congregationahsm.
There is no question but that DIR. Balch
is right, and that DIR. Thomas was wrong
at the Pastors Institute. The Univer-
salist Church has relinquished the rope
of sand styled Congregationalism, and
now exists as an organized body, with
laws, rules and regulations, duly estab-
lished for the good of the order. We
are in new era of our denominational
history, and are knit together in an or
ganization which the people, by their
representatives, have approved almost
unanimously from the first. Our or
ganization embraces, the parish, the
State Convention, the General Con-
ventiOn. In all these relations the
people are moderately comfortable
and happy, and are anticipating
no such fearful results. as those DIR.
Balch forecasts. We are convinced that
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

without God, the Bible, or Christianity,
the lecturer referred, in well chosen
language, to the piety, the faith, and the
fortitude of the Pilgrims. "On the
Mayfower," he said, 81 do not see any
man, standing with covered head, amid
the raging of the storm, the roaring of
the waves, and the creaking of the
slender masts, cheering the weary wan
derers with the comforting assurance
that there is no God, that they must
trust to luck and chance to escape the
storm, and that if they went down in the
wild ocean, that would be the last of
them. With one voice I hear the pill;
grims cry out, in the Lord do we put
our trust. Yea, though the fierce waters
roll round about us, yet shall we not
perish, for our trust is in Thee Infidels
are not pioneers. They do not redeem
waste places, ply steal or moral. There
never will be, in all time, nation of
infdels: On the stormy coast of New
England the Pilgrim fathers founded,
with prayer and holy song, this free gov
eminent under which Mr.. Ingersoll
finds his liberty, his happiness, his
opportunity. Audacity, thy name is
Ingersoll. Ingratitude, here is a dis
ciple that thou canst crown with laurels,
for he is thy begotten son!''
The eloquent lecturer described the
history of America as "a poem, sound
ing in immortal numbers the glories and
praises of Christianity" The Christian
cross was the first tree planted by
civilization under the summer sun of
Salvador, and the first song of Joy heard
by the pagan barbarians of that tropic
shore came from those who knelt with
Columbus upon the sands and lifted up
their voices in praise to the Eternal God
who had guided their frail banks through
the unsounded seas that rolled between
them and the land they sought.
We must quote one other paragraph
from the Inter Ocean report of Gen
eral Sheridan's lecture. He (the lee
turer) could not excuse Colonel Inger-
soil for delivering an opinion about God
after confessing that he knew nothing
about God. General Sheridan then
closed by delivering a sympathetic
eulogy of the Bible, for what it is, and
what it has done in the world. Ingersoll
had said, 81 can write better book than
the Bible myself" Mr.. Sheridan
evinced great anxiety to see the Colonel
undertake the work. Against the de-
claration of Ingersoll that there is no
God, the utterances of Aristotle, Cicero,
Locke, Paine, and Napoleon were
quoted. The lecture concluded with a
picture of mother weeping over dead
child, receiving on one hand the cold
rhetoric of the infdel. and on the other
hearing the words of Christ, Come
unto me, all We that labor and are heavy
laden, and will give you rest;" Suffer
little children to come unto me, and for
bid them not, for of such are the king
dom of heaven" and lastly, 81 am the
resurrection and the life."
General Sheridan is a we'll known
public character. a man of thought and
eloquence, and his dissection of Colonel
Ingersoll, as a moral and spiritual
anarchist, before the large audiences
which he gathers, cannot help but open
the eyes of many people. In this way
his mission will do much good especially
in the West, where Ingersoll has so large
a following.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Rev. BROOKE HEREFORD, of Boston, re-
Gently leetured ON "George Fox, the
Quaker" and gave general estimate OF
the great leader. "This man." said the
lecturer, among Gods prophets of the
modern world, was one of the greatest
and most original. In period when re-
ligion WAS the chief topic of discussion
among all classes, and in an era when the
church militant was thoroughly imbued
with the policy of winning with the sword
the earth for GoD and holding it for the
saints, he founded sect who spoke on
religious matters only when the spirit
moved, and eschewed force, even as a
means OF maintaining civil government.
On the church which he established he
impressed not only his strength of char
acter, but his weaknesses, his thought,
speech and even his dress, and his power
is felt to-day as one of the great religious
influences OF the world"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Es"To the appropriated lay mind" re-
marks the New York Tribune, sit would
seem as though DR.. McGlynn was get
ting to be more of Protestant every
day." Yes: it looks that way, but we
must bear in mind that the final test is
yet to come. Will DR.. McGlynn brave
the terrors of ex ,om nunication?
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1887.
THE Editor attends the Ohio Conven-
ion, al N orth Lewisburg, this week.

LONG or short sermons, one fact is
clear, the preacher should wind up his
disc purse when he breaks the thread of
it. This is not entirely original, but
it is altogether true.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

our brother is needlessly alarmed, and
that no good reason exists for his ugly
forebodings.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

J. S. CANTWELL, D. D., Editor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
Is HE ELIGIBLE!
\ Question Raised as to Senator HarTison's
ADDOintment

Question Raised rs to Senator HARRISON
appointment.
Specialize the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, April Ex-senator Rich
ard Harrison left for Austin to-day to see
about the position to which he has re-
Gently been pp0inted-assistanU attOr-
ney-generaI. An interesting question has
arisen here as to Senator Harrison's elig-
Utility to hold the office. The idea is best
expressed in the following letter in the
Day this afternoon:
To the Editor Of the Day.
Inotlce in your issue of yesterday an
announcement to the effect that Hon. r
H. Harrison Of this city had been ap-
pointed assistant. Acknowledgement at a
salary of S2500 per annUm. The late
Legislature enacted the law providing for
this officer and his salary.
Section Is, article 8 OF the constitution
of the state of Texas, in the following
language, raises an insuperable legal OBJ
lection to Mr.. Harrison accepting or dis
charging the duties of the office:
.1rticle 3, section Is of the constitution
reads No senator or representative
shall, during the term for which he may
be elected, be eligible to any civil office
of profit under this state which shall have
been created or the emoluments of which
may have been increased during such
term.s
a resignation CT the senatorship would
not defeat the operation of this provision
of the constitution, the object of its in
corporation in the organic law being to
place an embargo on the practice Of leg
islator8 creating profitable offices to be
filed by themselves. While 1 appreci-
ate the compliment to Mr.. Harrison and
his constituency, and regret that any
thing should conspire to deprive the
state OF McLennan's popular Senator'S
services, the constitution, in my humble
judgment, hardly warrants the appoint
ment. A way out of the difficulty would
be for Assistant Attorney General David
son to resign, accept the new place, and
Mr.. Harrison step into his shoes. This
is written merely to call attention to the
constitution" This is signed "LeX," and
lawyers here say they fear Mr.. Harrison
is barred out.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
JUDGE COOLEY TALKS.
The Reasons for suspending Section Four
Explained at Length.

The Reasons for suspending Section Four
Explained at Length.
CHICAGO, Ill, April I3.-Judge 7. NJ.
Cooley, chairman of the Interstate COM
merce commission, is in the city Engaged
in settling up his accounts as receiver OF
the Wabash Railway. In conversation
with q representative of local paper re-
gardiGg the recent action of the commits
sion III suspending the operations If the
I0ug and short haul section Of the new
law for rOads IN the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association,
which has called forth so
much urfavorable notice. Judge Cooley
said The commissioners after thoroughly
discussing the arguments presented by
the various railroads, came to the cOnclu
sion that justice required that they
should move slowly on question of such
great Importance, and that they should
not take action that would be definite and
final in its effect without first making
themselves fully acquainted with the sit
uatiOn. This was deemed particularly
important because the law went into eff
fecG 50 soon after the appointment of
the C mmissiOn and the railroads had
u6Iuly GlluC W dudpU IIClE IdI1AS 6uu
rules to accord with the provisions of the
new law. The commission, he said, did
not recognize the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, as had been
claimed, but based its action upon indi-
vidusl arguments presented by the repre-
sentGtives of various roads in that asso-
citation, especially the Louisville and
Nashville, East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia and other leading southern
roads. The claim that the commission
extended the order to all southern roads
south of the Ohio river and east Of the
Mississippi river ne did not think good,
as not only competition by steamship
lines had to be taken into consideration,
but also competition by the Mississippi
river and other southern naVigGble rivers.
He did not think any injustice
was done to roads this side of the Ohio
river, being only temporary relief to the
southern roads. To change the rates to
conform to the new law by the roads in
this part of the country was but trifing
as compared with the changes neCes-
sary by roads in the south, and the
decision that they must conform with
the long and short haul clause
of the law without affOrding them
reasonable time to do so might have sub
jected them TO serious trouble and loss.
If the commission finds upon personal in
vestigation that no good cause exists for
giving the southern roads or any other
roads the privilege of making special
through rate to meet the alleged water
competition, it would at once compel the
roads to conform strictly with the
provisions of the long and short
hauls. He also stated that the commits
sion will not tolerate any discrimination
On the part Of the southern roads against
merchants in western cities. As regards
other problems to be solved by the COM
mission, Judge Cooley could not express
himself, as those questions had not yet
come up for consideration.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
DENTON.
Two Firms Attached-OH to Court.

Two Firms Attached-O8 to Court.
Special to the Gazette.
DENTON, TEX, April 13.-Deputy
United States Marshal T. C. Gerren ar
rived here at noon to-day with two prison
ers from Henrietta en- route for Waco,
Walter Martin and j. w. Hunt, charged
with sending obscene matter through the
mails.
Rawling, Bandy & Co., dealers in gen.
eral merchandise, and Bandy Bros. & Co,
dealers in farming implements, etc, were
attached here this morning by the follow
ing creditors: J. F. Jasper, Denton, 1884 4;
First National Bank, Denton, $4,000; B.
c. Evans Co., Fort Worth, S587.95; Bar
tram, Robinson & Co., Dallas, 1918 S8;
BIankenship & Blake Co., Dallas, S4l63;
T. L. Marsalis & Co., Dallas, S364.84 :;
Wolfson Bros. & Co., Cincinnati, S276;
Denton Mill and Elevator Co., Denton,
S1l9 81; Waters Pierce Oil Co., $3.50;
J. G. Dunavan. SIl3 so: MarsalIs, Arm
strong & Co., $l62; Schneider & Davis,
$l77 20. There are other attachments
yet to run. The liabilities are thought to
be about $1,000 with assets about the
same.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
The Pansma Canal.

TERRE HAUTE, IND, April 13.-Hon.
Il. " Thompson, president of the Ameri-
can committee of the Panama canal, has
arrived from New York. lie said to re-
porter to-day: "There has been no
change in the relations between De
Lesseps and the American committee. l
hold the same relation with the canal l
always have, and reports to the contrary
ere erroneous"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
wall Paper House Rnrned

CHICAGO, Ill, April I3.-J. j. Nc
Grath's wall paper house, located in a
tive-story building on Wabash avenue,
was totally destroyed by fire early this
morning. The stock is an entire loss, and
the building IS irrepairably injured, the
floor having fallen through The front
ard rear walls are ruined. The fire was
attended by two fatalities. Pipemgn
Mich6eI Burns was standing in 8 fourth
story window when a sheet OF flame came
cut, developed him and he fell into the
blazing mass inside. Lieutenant John
Herberlie was climbing 8 ladder to the
second story window when It slipped and
he fell to the sidewalk, crushing has skull.
Captain Fred Reese had q leg broken by
falling on the stones. The fire was discOv-
cred at 3 $50 o clock. When the firemen
arrived the fire was ia the center Of the
building, bat before the hose could be
brought to bear, the flames had Jumped
from story 20 story above and below, and
seized speedily upon the very infammable
stuff with which the floors were loaded,
A second and third alarm were turned on
and twenty engines were soon working
upon the building. The fremen say they
never saw so rapid and complete destruc-
tiCn of large establishment. The fire
was out by O'Clock and, owing to the
exertions of the firemen, little if any dam
age was done to the adjoining buildings,
which are occupied by wholesale jeWeIry
and millinery houses. The loss on the
building and stock is estimated at 5225,
900, only partially insured.
The owner of the stock of wall paper
declared this morning that the loss would
reach $780, 0l. II was probably the
largest stock carried by any one firm in
America. The insurance will fall short
of the loss by 100000
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
Two Accidents.
Special to the Gazette.

oPUCIdI 10 LII6 UoA6tLU'
PILOT POINT, TEX, April ia colored
laborer with the railroad track repairing
force yesterday had the misfortune to get
foot badly crushed here by rail, which
slipped from mis- grasp. The wound was
dressed and he left this morning for the
Fort Worth hospital.
Little Saltie, daughter of J. T. Riley at
Mustang, southeast OF this city, met with
q serious and, it is thought, q fatal acci-
dent few days ago. She was playing in
the yard and came too near the heels of q
horse and received kick in the abdomen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14

same. All these packages must be ad-
dressed B. Taylor, superintendent
packing room, Pittsburg. No questions
will be asked and no further investigation
will follow if the goods are returned.
The company has a list CT over forty
houses in this city in which stolen prop
erty is concealed, and it is to reach these
and save the trouble of numerous arrests
and long trials that this method has been
adopted.
READY TO PROCEED AGAINST THE COM
PANY.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April Is john MIN
mo, Chief OF the Brotherhood of Brake
men on the Panhandle road, called upon
Deputy Mayor Gripp, before whom the
warrants had been sworn out for the ar
rest Of the Panhandle culprits, this morn
ing and stated that he had beed employed
on the Panhandle Road for the
past four months. During that time
he had never seen anything
crooked among the employees. The
Brotherhood, he said, would employ
counsel to defend the prisoners, and if
possible to establish their innocence. If
proofs were shown OF their guilt, how
ever, the brotherhood would insist on
their conviction. 1t was the intention
also to proceed against the company for
damaees if the charges against any of the
men under arrest are not sustained.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
Chicago Carpenters, Strike.

CHICAGO, ILL, April 13.--An of the
5000 union carpenters are idle and owing
to the decision of the strikers that they
would not return to work until ma ority
of the bosses had acCeded TO their de-
mands. The two associations of en-
pIoyers are now united again and declare
that they will not concede to the demands
of the strikers. Sixty of the strikers have
been arrested for interfering with the
non-union Workmen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
The Prairfn Fires.

LINCOLN, NEB., April 13.-Along the
branch line Of the Burlington ami Mis-
souri, Railroad large number Of settlers
have lost their all By the prairie fires.
Railroad men say that for miles every
foot of ground is burned over. In Sheri-
dan and Cove counties the fires have
ragged almost as tercelY, and in one set
Element four lives were lost. The fugi-
lives say that for thirty miles in the fire
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
The SaengeIfest,

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, April IS. The in
eugural concert of the state sgngerfest
was given to packed house in the Grand
opera house tonight. Gade's earl
King Daughter" complete, was given
under the direction of Professor Carl
Beck. The orchestra is composed Of the
finest artists obtainable from all paris of
the country and is said to be second onlY
to that Of Theodore Thomas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
Residence Burned.

Special to the Gazette.
TYLER, TEX, April 13.-Information
reached this place to-day that Mr.. Harry
Pool, who lives about ten miles north
west of Tyler, lost his residence and con-
tents by fire last night. The fire occurred
ia the middle of the night, and the family
barely escaped with their lives.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
Residence Burned,

; yGCIdI 20 the GaZeLJ6,
CLEBURNE, TEX, April 13.-The resi-
dence of Captain Donon9O, situated about
one mile and half from town, was de-
stroyed with nearly it's entire contents by
fire this morning about O'Clock. Cap
tain Donohoo estimates mis- loss at $1,000.
Insurance, $4,000.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
The Presldent TO VISIT aeorgIa.

ATLANTA, GA, April 13.-President
Cleveland has definitely accepted an in
yitation to attend the Piedmont Fair,
which will be held in this city during the
fast TWO weeks of October. Great prepS-
rations are in contem pl&tion for his re-
caD%iOp
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
IN ONE FAMILY.

How far the fire extended north from
the Solomon is not known, Oug i. must
have travelled = long distance.
1T the same time another fire swept
down the South Fork Of the Solomon
to a point near Mill brook, sweeping
everything in IS path and burning six
persons to death, g father, mother aud
four children, and large number OF ca
tie, horses, hogs AID poultry.
Ia one instance woman
prematurely gave birth to q child When
the fire was discovered approaching, her
husband took her in his arms AMI started
for pioughad ground, but before he could
reach it the womau's clothing was on fire.
He succeeded il putting il Oat and saving
her life. The babe, less than an hour
Old,with the other members OF the family,
were saved, but the house and otaer
property on the farm was de
stroyed. Hundreds Of narrow escapes
could be related. Saturday was q fright
full day-one IOGg to be remembered by
great many families IN Norton and Ora
ham counties.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
APPALLING.
Not Less Than Thirteen Lives Lost by
the Prairie Fires in Norton ard
Graham Counties, Kansas.
In One Instance Whole Family, Cen.
sisting Of Father. Mother and
F0ur Children, Are Burned.
hmm anse Loss of Stock, Grain end Farm
PrOperty-1a'f a billion Dollar
Islaz At Chicago.
Another kansas PI.eno-

ATCHIsON, KAN, April Is Reports
concerning the destruction Of life and
property caused by the great prairie lire
that swept over the eastern portion Of
Norton and Graham counties Saturday
last are yet mesgre and unsatisfactory,
but enough is known 10 appau the
stoutest hearts. The ire started near
Nlcodemus, in Graham county. The
wind which was blowing f1fty miles an
hour carried the hImas over and through
the dry grassat a<frighitul sped. rhe
general destruction IF property com
menced near r 'scoe in Graham county
HIRE the fire spread over the country
for fully two and half, miles in
width, and as the wind carried
it north it was constantly Spreading, until
it was seven miles wide where it crossed
the North fork Of Solomon river, three
miles east OF Dinsm0re. j few houses
were burned and every stable, vita its
stacks of hay and cribs of grain,
was burned, leaving hundreds of farmers
almost destitute. It is 8 pirlfuI sigat to
pass over the burned district and see the
thousands of burned chickens, turkeys
and hundreds of hogs, with
o occasionally horses and numar-
Gus cattle. Almost every farmer
lost from fly to 800 bushels of corn, be
sides small grain. i Is definitely known
that from thirteen to sixteen lives were
lost in two counties, nus the names have
not beea leaned. Four children per
isheG
The Irish standard., 1887-01-29
The Crusaders Hall.

The new hall built by the Crusaders
of the Immaculate Conception Parish,
is finished and the club rooms and gym.
nasium were opened to all the members
for the first time last Tuesday evening.
In order to illustrate the energy and
enterprise shown by this organization,
we will endeavor to briefly describe the
new building and the benefits to be de-
rived by all who may have the good for
tune to become members of the society.
The size of the new structure is 40 by
so feet, two stories high, and is stu
ated in the rear of the present Catholic
Association Hall. On the ground floor
is ssituated bath rooms, with all modern
improvements, billiard rooms, with two
tables and elegantly furnished. On the
next floor is the meeting and reading
room, where all the leading newspapers
and periodicals can be- found, and the
gymnasium, where one can go and ex-
ercise his muscle on the latest improved
plan. The nall will be open to mem
bers from Z q. m. to 10 p. m. during the
week, and everyone who wishes to Sc
cure the benefits may do so by becom-
ing members of the Crusaders Society.
The organization is growing rapidly,
twelve new members having been ad-
mitted at the meeting last Tuesday
evening.
The Irish standard., 1887-01-29

pastime, and at times creating intense
excitement. Mr.. E. w. Young was
the lucky winner at the gentlemen
head table, and Miss Katie Hamilton
at the ladies'. at 1890 dancing was
commenced and continued for two
hours. Refreshments were served,
after which they star ed for their homes
highly elated at the warm reception
they received at the hands of their fair
hostesses.
At recent meeting of the st. Johns
Benevolent Society of South Mime
apolis, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
PresidenEJohn Hirt.
Vice-presidentJoseph Brambach.
. Corresponding Sec'y-J. Schroeder.
Financial secretary-Michal Seizer.
Treasurer Werthman.
Marshal Robert Gulden
Janitor-Anton Dering.:...
Committee on Finance B. Sand
myer, Nj. j. Holscher. and Albert PAIL.
Committee to Report the Sick-John
Marsh, Geo. K1dzle, John Schom.
Delegate to the German Mutual Life
Insurance Association of Minnesota
John Marsh.